어린이집 화장실의 색채디자인 실태

The increasing demand for day care centers and a growing number of social responsibility for parenting, the Government has enforced the Childcare Accreditation. The Childcare center is a important environment for children because they have stayed long time a day and long period until they go to school. But on the the Childcare Accreditation there is rarely mentioned about aesthetic aspect of the center. To live in beautiful environment in childhood is helpful to develop their emotion and aesthetic sense. So this study examined 14 day care centers for more than infants 40 to find out the actual esthetic condition of the restrooms. Survey period in 2012, February 10 has been up to the last day of February, the centers was visited, surveyed and photographed and also CIE color system was using as color analysis. The results are follows. The Restroom scale is not proportional to the scale of nursery room or the fixed number of persons. It is convenient to enter the entrance of the building or the nursery room into the restroom. It is overall bright color scheme with high value and low chroma at the current color situation of the surveyed toilets. The primary color in the restroom was used on the floor and the wall, the colors were mainly achromatic color. In some cases the low value and unfitting colors used on the partition wall and door is not unbecoming to the ambient colors. Using too many accent colors led the interior to a irritating environment. It is better to use colors plan scheme with the low or middle saturation and high or middle value for the sake of harmonious colour schemes and bright and fresh atmosphere. From the childhood if persons live in the well designed interior, they would cultivate their aesthetic sensitivities and develop their emotion well. So, I wish that it is included asethetic rules in the certification guidelines for a day care centers.